MA 556 - Clinical Office Procedures

Credit Hours: 4

A laboratory course which is designed to provide the medical assistant with entry-level skills in clinical office procedures. Instruction includes fundamentals of patient care as practiced in a medical office during examination and treatment. Laboratory sessions provide practice in organizing the examination or treatment area before, during and after patient care; procedures for sanitization, disinfection and sterilization; adhering to the OSHA standard, recording subjective and objective patient data; procedures for patient measurement, positioning and draping; measuring and recording vital signs; assisting the physician with the examination, treatment and minor surgery; performing heat, cold and ultrasound applications; instructing patient in the use of ambulatory devices and in the preparation for x-ray and diagnostic imaging procedures; identifying surgical instruments.
Prerequisites: BI 149 or BI 150/BI 151 and MA 555.
Corequisites: BI 152.